Transcript for Obama: 'We Will Hunt Down' People Who Attacked Benghazi Consulate

We are gonna find out who did this and we're gonna hunt them down because one the things that I've said throughout my presidency is went folks -- -- Americans. We go after them. Now governor -- at a very different response. While we were still dealing -- our diplomats being threatened. Governor Romney put out a press release. Trying to make political points. And that's not how -- commander in chief operates. You don't turn national security -- -- political issue certainly not right what it's happening. And people not everybody agrees with some decisions -- make. -- comes our national -- I mean what I say. I said -- on the war to -- in in Iraq and -- -- I said that we go after al-Qaeda and bin Laden we -- I said we transition out of Afghanistan. And start making sure that Afghans are responsible for their own security that's what I'm -- And when it comes to this issue. When I say that we are gonna find out exactly what happened. Everybody will be held accountable. And I am ultimately responsible for what's taking place there because these are my -- And on the one who has to greet those coffins when they come home. You know that I mean what I say.

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